The character PJ Maybe has been a person who's been deceiving anybody who's crossed his path since his childhood. He's murdered many, therefore being one of the few unlucky people to be on Judge Dredd's really bad side (as opposed to the moderately bad side that everybody else in the world is on). But being on the wrong side of the law doesn't stop PJ Maybe from assuming other people's identities as he lies and kills his way into some form of sanctuary from the many crimes he's committed over the years.

One of his largest dishonest moments happened when he not only pretended to be Pedro Julio Montez, but faked his own death and did that in order to do a wave of revenge killings. For a while, Dredd and company had a hard time pinning down PJ Maybe as he took over the identities of a couple more people in order to avoid jail time, a scheme which included switching out real and artificial hearts. That's got to hurt.

4. Mastermind (X-Men)

Why don't we go ahead and give Mastermind a crown for being one of the best deceivers in comics? Because he totally is, thanks to his mutant ability to create telepathic illusions. His biggest moment happened when he mentally warped Jean Grey's mind, putting her under the illusion that she was in the Victorian ages. Not only did she believe she was married to Mastermind, but she was also manipulated into battling against the X-Men. When Jean finally discovered that she had been under Mastermind's illusion the whole time, she mentally destroyed him. The moral of this story is to never dupe a telepath, especially when she's possessed by the Phoenix Force.

3. Ava Lord (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For)

Don't believe a single thing this lady says, especially if you're a colossal sucker for femme fatales like poor Dwight McCarthy. Ava is one of the biggest fibbers in all of Basin City, as she uses her rocking body and cunning mind in order to climb to the top of the corrupt town. She's such a smart little liar that she can make any man do her bidding. Dwight unfortunately caves in and kills her husband, not finding out until later that Ava made him do that so she could gain more power over the city.

Ava. Damn.

2. Light Yagami/Kira (Death Note)

If you've read Tsugumi Ohba's manga Death Note, then you would know to never mess with Light Yagami if he existed in the real world. The highly intelligent student not only excels at every subject taught to him in school, but also in killing many under the pseudonym Kira. When he's not claiming his next victim through the use of the Death Note, he's deceiving many by constantly lying about his knowledge of Kira in order to avoid the punishment for his numerous crimes.

Light's greatest accomplishment through the art of deception had to be the carefully conceived string of lies he used in order to keep the genius police detective L from gaining evidence to put him away forever. Not only does Light/Kira crush most of the Japanese police force but single-handedly finishes L. While the conclusion of the series shows that manipulation does not always prevail, Light is still one of the most cunning little liars out there.

1. Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias (Watchmen)

Being the smartest man on the planet means you could lie your way through basically anything. In this case, Adrian Veidt decided to put on a humanitarian public persona in order to work on his twisted plot to slaughter millions in order to bring the world together. Like a beauty pageant contestant who wants world peace, he found what was definitely the most sinister way to achieve that. His plan came to fruition and the world was brought to its knees, forced to unite in order to save themselves from an unknown threat that Veidt created himself. Okay, so sometimes deception does conquer all, but we don't encourage you to do the same. Say no to killing millions in order to obtain peace.

Honorable Mention: Aristides Silk (Tintin)

Now, Aristides Silk isn't necessarily as bad as some of the villains put on this list, but what he does isn't good either. He's a notorious pickpocket thief, but denies up and down that what he's doing is stealing from others. While this offense isn't as serious as the lies that some super villains have spread over time, Silk shouldn't be fibbing about this. Stop being a kleptomaniac and return those wallets already, you silly man.

I'm actually real glad Mephisto and Loki were not included in this list. Despite being self-styled Princes of Lies, neither one is at their best when they lie - deception, however, is a whole 'nother thing.

You really want to trick someone into doing whatever you want? Tell them the truth. Just not... all of it.

Brainiac could fit too, but my knowledge of him comes from Superman The Animated series, so I don't know if the comics continuity ones lie and go, "Don't worry about that, everything is fine. There is 0% chance the world will blow up." or stuff like that.

Also, bit confused on Death Note. Light's a great liar, but he's from Manga, if you're gonna add manga to this list, you're gonna end up opening the flood gates.

2. Re: Norman Osborn: You list some minor lies, but don't mention the time he fucked Peter's girlfriend, impregnated her, and kidnapped their mutant babies to hide them in Europe while Norman himself was allegedly dead but really in hiding in Europe himself. I'd that that's a pretty solid pack of lies right there.

3. Doc Ock deserves a mention. Not only did he lie to Aunt May and almost get her to marry him as a result of it, but he is now lying to everyone, telling people he's Peter Parker, when he's really still Otto in Peter's brain. Everything he does right now is a lie.

4. For that matter, not including the Chameleon is a crime. The dude's whole skill-set is lying. He impersonates someone and lies about being that person. He has royally fucked up Peter Parker's life a few times doing this. Add in Mysterio (another liar) and you've got the ultimate partnership based entirely on the business of lying.

5. Professor Warren aka The Jackal. The guy's a major asshole and a liar of epic proportions.

6. Professor X should be near #1. He has wiped people's memories so many times it's ridiculous. He lied about dying, he lied about teams of mutants who died on missions, he lied about SO many things you have to feel just a tiny bit of sympathy for Cyclops being treated so horribly after killing the Professor (just a tiny bit, but then, Cyclops is lying to himself and he has become a grade-A piece of shit, so the sympathy fades pretty quickly.)

7. Superman lied to Perry, Lois, Jimmy, and the world quite a lot. First of all when it came to hiding his identity, and second, when he died and came back, but didn't bother to tell his loved ones he wasn't dead until much later.

I really have to say Xavier's power misuse started forever ago, even in the 60s he was a notorious liar, why, he neglected to mention an asshole stepbrother at all, and later, pretended to die, and later, you found out he had the hots for Jean and that made him Onslaught out.

I'd have given this article the name of some liars in comics. (although I think Manga should be in it's own category) Loki, Luthor, heck any character that kept his/her identity from someone they were dating would be high on this list. Hal Jordan could have made the list easily. How many times did Parker tell his aunt, Sorry I'm late aunt may but (lie, lie, lie)?

A shame this doesn't references any of the ArchieSonic stuff - I'd put Locke (Knuckles' father) on the list on account of lying to Knuckles about the fact that he wasn't dead, and that his kind still existed, that there was this secret council of Guardians, that his people were actually alive in another zone, and the lie of omission that "yeah, I experimented on your egg to make you more powerful because of some dream I have."

It's not an immediate source of lies that would come to mind for most mainstream comic readers admittedly, but it exists. Granted, most of those things are indeed no longer true with the current status quo, but that doesn't make them invalid as lies.

Realistically though I don't expect the article's writer to have read those books and have thought of that, though. But for the record it needs to be stated that Locke was a massive dick and it's hardly a surprise his wife left him. Or that he became estranged from his son.

surprised old norman did not make number one given all the lies he has told and also the torcher to spider man including having him believe his baby was the may that he was holding captive. though would have also put batman on this list given not only does he have a way to stop his fellow heros. but also not sharing with his batfamily that the joker has figured out who they are . aka death of the family.xavier would have put higher on the list.

@nix.nightbird For that matter, Peter Parker himself could be on here if you're going to include Superman. All of Peter's problems even before he became a superhero came about because of lying - he was sneaking out at night to play at being a professional wrestler as a teenager, remember?

@Kozmik_Pariah The author kind of gets lost between Liars and evil doing. I don't think Darkseid has ever lied about what he was doing. If taking over a person counts as lying to them (a stretch in the context but she didn't specify against it) Professor X made towns forget memories.

@LBD_Nytetrayn@Timely-Tardis-Lego Yes, but it's like saying the "10 shout-outs to Sherlock Holmes cartoons" and having characters from an Anime, It may be cool, but the list says cartoons, not anime. Both are wonderful methods of story telling, but they are still considered different genres. Same goes for Comics and Manga.

But on the matter of the list, I actually have no problem with Light being featured on this list, but it's just that he's the only one from manga featured in it, so he seems a bit out of place. I mean, I didn't watch Code Gease, but I think Leluche lied a lot so, so it isn't like Light is the only known liar in manga.